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I just saw .1
in>ntl) film You
know, tfit* kind that
makes you fi'i l cul
lured .ill over It
h.nl subtitles and
everything People
spoke III nasal tones
.11,.: mr b s |um ruin u on! mui
Ihr ,iir from nowhere l-.voryonj;
on the m rcrii ■scitincd smarter
than ini'
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I! .: I -: 1! I- ri'111 ll pi opir I'll
;■ Oil I .ill !• Ji tl. lui
! ureii lives ! li nin'! get it
I haven't rt , i tin* (lust.ivi*
Maui* rt not el on wine h the
!i :n is l><isi •.! I'm !.'!,! bv tl.. -
vs ho have tli.it this film leiiiis
as < lose to the sourc.n material
as possible
inline,I, that is what the tie
O i tor ( .i.ia.b t illlii! t I.iimeii
hr vs anti ,i to iio lie uIsm) srtiii
that hr thought alxn.it adapting
the novel to the si n*nn over a
hundred times ami I up
vs ,Its a hundred i si uses not to
: Wei;. Si;,r ; I !;,!•* I a .
t' . nx ttlat llle.lie. VO .1 Il.ii
was Irving to tail you some
tiling
Uii/iirin /liV.ill bus tie
mo t..ka!-ie , ol an in iitapt
able booh ioohshlv being
adapted 'I lie simple plot all
unli.ippv will i Ian has sev ca a I re
lationships with men who she
W , .1 bring I- VI itetnenl at. !
meaning *•’ her pointh s-. It
is not. on its own, enough to
i .irr\ n'ti entire film
i here . I.ir too nun h intrr
nnli/irtg m Etmtin Bovnry's
i h.ir.u ter !li!' audience needs
to mum what synapses are go
mg on Inside her head Thai
lr.it is much fietter iicoom
phshed m a txmk, where
thoughts, emotions and ration
ah/aturn.s can hr properly ev
aminrii
Since we don't km w these
things, her actions often seem
a is ati : and even stupid
. m ri are s. many tilings we as
th.e audience are not made
privy to concerning l.nitna's
thinking that tins Irrltng of ig
ma.ime about her continues
ihroughinil th.e him
Whs d. - >. tvmina leav e w ith
tin- first i. an who comes to her
house' It's a doi tor who conies
lu set her father's broken leg
Hid she all of a sudden dei life
hi-r tile needed a man am
tn.hi/ Sint e there's no expose
!mn explaining Jilts tint'ision,
there's a strung srnsr llt.il she s
gulling what slit; deserves or al
a as! is im redtbly poor al judg
mg < harai !t?r
As she goes from man to man
and Imi k again, il g:mvs tin*
- Mi■;i use in r lor ruler
l.nnmrnl and leave her as soon
as (hrs Ins mni' buri'd Tin* old)
man who si’t'iiis lo nails lose
her is Charles, her husband
Hoi he is dull ami pri-dii table
l.mma never returns Ins affet
lions
There .ire good things to he
noted 'ulnait M.itlumv Bov,try It
has .1 quiet, diffused, r list n
be,Hit v .ibo.it it Its expert l\
frtimed by (di,i!;rol and all the
images ate . asv to take Hut it s
kind o! like eating t heese and
drinking wine in a meadow all
day and then realizing you had
more important things to do
tb..in eat i heese and drink wine
In an adaptation of a literary
piei e like M.ni.mu' lhnur\, it's
acceptable and even important
to take oinein.itb liberties Tills
is not a book and the audience
i an t read pages of < harm ter in
trospeetion It's up to the film
rnak. r to visually t:fi ah mo
ment.s that motivate the i liar.a
ter
Isabelle Huppeit turns ill yet
another lieartleit petlorniam e
One .d her best assets as an .it
tress is that she seenis to a!
ways tap into the heart of the
charm ters she plays She, lor
one seems to knows all the in
ternal motivations of lantiia
V\ i:s ji is in a m car. stir
dominates through quiet deter
nun.itaiii What goes through
hnim.i's mind is .1 mvsterv to
n;r, hut ...si nl Hupperls
pe: formant e. i wanted to un
drrstami her better
This is a noble attempt at a
iiiia that perhaps should t)e\
er have hern made It means to
show tba' soul ol a tortured
woman, but onlv the neenerv is
well debited
By Lucas J Gutman
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